Ishita Chatterjee joined the Economics Program at the UWA Business School in 2010 after completing her PhD from Monash University. She is an applied microeconomist with interest in industrial organisation, institutional economics, labour economics, demographic and development economics. Her current research focuses on human capital development and wellbeing of women and children.

Ishita is a member of the UWA Coursework Scholarships Committee 2023-2025; She is also a member of the UWA Business School Education Committe and the UWA Board of Studies (Management and Commerce) since 2022.

She serves as a Moderator of Examinations and Marking for Economics units for the University of Western Australia Foundation Program offered by the Taylor’s College, Perth, WA, Jun 2010 onwards.

She served on the UWA Business School Research Committee 2014-2018 and was a committee member of the WA branch of the Economic Society of Australia, Nov 2011- March 2015, March 2017- August 2020.

She regularly acts as reviewer for international journals and has reviewed for several undergraduate economics textbooks.

She is an Honorary Fellow at the Australia–India Institute at UWA.

"Crime and corruption" with Rajabrata Banerjee, University of South Australia, Australia.

"Investment in Public Schools and the Political Process in India", with Marie-Claire Robitaille, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA and Mr Adnan Fakir, University of Sussex, UK.

“Power of Contraception in Australia”, with Randall Cragun, Department of Economics and Finance, Niagara University, New York, USA.

“The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Altruistic Behaviour: Field Experiment Evidence from China and India”, with Simon Chang, UWA, and Yu Li, China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, CHINA.

"Degree recognition, network quality and the labour market outcomes of migrants", with Chris Parsons, UWA.

“Informal Sector in India – A Study of Labour Market Corruption”, with Ranjan Ray, Monash University, Australia and Seema Sangita, KREA University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. 

2022 UWA Futures Fund Small Grants

2022 UWA Research Collaboration Award

2021 UWA Futures Fund Small Grants
2017 UWA Business School & BHP Billiton Distinguished Research Awards
2014 UWA Business School Research Development Award, UWA
2011 UWA Business School Research Development Award, UWA

PG:

ECON5540 Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018-2023.

ECON5541 Economics for Business, Applications and Policy, 2011-2017.

UG:

ECON2245 Business Economics, 2022 -->

ECON3235 International Trade, 2021-->

ECON2233 Microeconomics, Policy and Applications, 2012 -2021.

ECON1102 Macroeconomics, Money and Finance, 2011-2014, 2017.

PhD Supervision at UWA

Dr Devika Bhatia (2023; principal and coordinating supervisor)

Dr Taufan Pamungkas Kurnianto (2023; co-supervisor)

Dr Adnan Fakir (2022; principal and coordinating supervisor)

Dr Niluka Perera Ekanayake (2022; co-supervisor)

Dr Troy S Barry (2019; coordinating supervisor)

Honours and Masters Supervision at UWA

Completed (Honours) -

T Leckie and K Shine (2023); L Richardson (2022); A Talero Solorza (2020); A Thompson, S Reed and K Jeffery (2018); V K R Busireddy (2017); M Nelmes (2016); B Mifflin, A Phillimore and B Ong (2015); J Lim and L Tait (2014); C Buckley (2011).

Completed (Masters) -

H Katsamakis (2022); E Foley (2021); J Fan (2017); A H Pathiranage and C S K Koralalage (2016); Z Khan (2015).

English (Fluent), Bengali (Native), Hindi (Spoken)